Dud Bascomb

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Dud Bascomb (* 16th May 1916 in Birmingham (Alabama) as Wilbur Odell Bascomb Sr .; † 25. December 1972 ) was an American jazz - trumpet player , known for his membership in the band of Erskine Hawkins .

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"Dud" Bascomb was the youngest of ten siblings; one brother was the tenor saxophonist Paul Bascomb . As a child he learned to play the piano and then switched to the trumpet. Bascomb played with Erskine Hawkins while he was a student at the Alabama State Teachers' School in 1932, where Hawkins led the Bama State Collegians Band . Dud Bascomb remained in Hawkins' orchestra until 1944 and was featured on many of his recordings as a soloist.

Bascomb left Hawkins to play in Paul Bascomb's septet, which over the course of the decade expanded into a big band and played in the rhythm and blues style. Briefly he worked in June 1947 in the Duke Ellington Orchestra (" Beale Street Blues "). In the 1950s, Bascomb played for three years in Tyle's Chicken Shack in New Jersey , where he led a quintet that u. a. Lou Donaldson belonged to. He then went on a Japan tour with Sam "The Man" Taylor in the 1960s and performed in Europe with Buddy Tate . He recorded only a few albums under his own name; In 1960 he released the single When The Moon Comes Over The Mountains / Swing Along (Clock Records). In 1959/60 some titles were created for Savoy Records like Tuxedo Junction , but they were only released as an album in 1986. Contributing musicians were u. a. Taft Jordan, Sam "The Man" Taylor and Skeeter Best . In 1979 Bascomb was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame .

His son is the jazz-funk bassist and songwriter Wilbur Bascomb .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Bascomb is listed under its real name in numerous reference books; however, there is also a jazz bassist of the same name who u. a. worked with Hank Crawford and Groove Holmes .
  2. ↑ Wilbur Bascomb at Discogs
personal data
SURNAME Bascomb, dud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bascomb, Wilbur Odell (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1972